TO G. V. PLEKHANOV

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November 17, 1912

DearComrade,

Ihave just sent you a telegram about our agreement
to the combination which you decided upon with
Rubanovich.

Weask you to lay before the
commission,[3]by way of
information, ourshade of opinion, too, if we happen to
differ with you on the following point.

Kautsky’sarticle in No. 6 ofNeue Zeit, after the October
session of the
I.S.B.,[4]is obviously the official opinion
of the Germans, the Austrians and others. We do not
accept the main point of the article (S. 191–92, from the
words “Dabei
müssen”[1]to “heischenden
Massen”[2]in
particular).[5]

WithKautsky it turns out to be apledgeagainst arevolutionarymass strike. This is inadmissible both from
the Russian standpoint (there are 100,000 political strikersnowin St. Petersburg, with revolutionary meetings and
sympathies for the sailors’mutiny) and from the general
European standpoint. However, you know our point of
view from our writings, and I hope you will not object to
having a talk with Comrade Kamenev.

ComradeKamenev is our delegate to the I.S.B. (M. 
Rosenfeld, 11. Rue Roli. 11. Paris XIV).

Pleasecable him if you are not going, and if you are,please see himbeforethe commission at Basle (M. 
Rosenfeld. Poste Restante,Bâle).

Ifyou don’t go for some reason, please send your vote
in writing for the election (of Rubanovich or Kamenev) to
the commission.

Respectfullyyours,N. Lenin

Wl.Uljanow.47. Lubomirskiego. Autriche. Krakau.

[1]Inthis connection, must.—Ed.

[2]Clamouringmasses.—Ed.

[3]Areference to the commission of the Basle (Extraordinary)
Congress of the Second International for working out a manifesto
against the war danger. The Congress, called in connection with
the Balkan war and the mounting threat of a world-wide
imperialist war, was held on November 24 and 25,1912. The commission
consisted of one delegate each from France, Germany, Britain and
Russia. By agreement between representatives of the R.S.D.L.P.
and the International Socialist Bureau, the Russian member was
I. Rubanovich, a Socialist-Revolutionary. On November 25, the
Congress unanimously adopted a manifesto calling on the workers
to make use of the proletariat’s organisation and strength for
waging a revolutionary struggle against the threat of war.

[4]TheI.S.B. meeting, held in Brussels on October 28 and 29, 1912,
decided to call an extraordinary socialist congress. Russia was
represented by Plekhanov and Rubanovich. The I.S.B. held a
special closed sitting to discuss Russian affairs.

[5]Kautsky’sarticle, “Der Krieg und die Internationale” (War
and the International) published in No. 6 ofDie Neue Zeiton November 8, 1912, pp. 191–92.